Ring-necked Decanter
This decanter neck was found in a privy during the monitoring. A similar decanter in the collection at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, was made about 1835. A decanter is used for wine and allows the natural sediment in red wine to be left in the decanter and kept out of the glass.
Other pieces of table glass were also found at the site.
Ironstone Plate
This ceramic plate is made of high-fired earthenware called ironstone. It is very strong and durable. This plate was made by the Richard Alcock pottery between 1870 and 1881 in Burslem, a pottery manufacturing town in Staffordshire, England. This plate was used at the Stanwix Hall Hotel.
Many different kinds of ceramics were found at the site.
Smoking Pipes
Tobacco was a common part of everyday life in Rome during the nineteenth century. This pipe was made of porcelain and had a detachable stem. This type of painted pipe was made in Germany. Most pipes were simply made of white ball clay and were fairly inexpensive. This pipe was more elaborate than most.
Other pipes found at the site were less elaborate.